Advanced registration is open for the NIBA/PTDA Joint Industry Summit, to be held Sept. 27-30 at The Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, FL.

More than 1,000 delegates, representing over 425distributor and manufacturer member companiesof NIBA — The Belting Association — and PowerTransmission Distributors Association (PTDA) will attend.The program includes cross-channel networking, sharedlearning and collaborative experiences under the themeSpeakers include John O’Leary, a bestselling authorand speaker who teaches participants to lead a radicallyinspired life; Molly Fletcher, a trailblazing sports agentwho motivates relationship-building to help you riseto the top of your game; and Dr. Alan Beaulieu, whoassists company leaders with his uncannily accurateeconomic forecast and tips to survive through 2018 andbeyond. All three renowned speakers offer more duringDeeper Dive sessions later in the day which will allowparticipants to gain even more insights to bring back forimmediate implementation.

The showcase networking event of theNIBA/PTDA Joint Industry Summit is the JointManufacturer-Distributor Idea Exchange (MD-IDEX)/Expo, which blends the NIBA Expo with the PTDAMD-IDEX forum to bring together executives for high-level discussions on market strategies and commonissues. Distributor and manufacturer members alikelaud MD-IDEX as one of the best face-to-face cross-channel business programs with a measureable ROI forparticipants.

Additional cross-channel networking opportunities
abound at the NIBA/PTDA Joint Industry Summit. From
receptions and networking lunches to the “Havana
Nights” closing event, participants will get business
done — and have a lot of fun in the process. For more
information, visit NIBAPTDA.org.

As of mid-June, more than 150 CEOs of major companies have signed on to the ‘CEO Action For Diversity & Inclusion’ pledge — which describes
itself as the largest CEO-driven business commitment
to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. In
that group of CEOs is D.G. Macpherson, leader of W.W.

Grainger.

A press release sent out by the movement states thatby signing on to the commitment, Macpherson and hisCEO colleagues are pledging to take action to “cultivatea workplace where diverse perspectives and experiencesare welcomed and respected, where employees feelencouraged to discuss diversity and inclusion, and wherebest known — and unsuccessful — actions can be sharedacross organizations via a unified hub, CEOAction.com,The pledge is open for any U.S. companies thatwould like to join at any time. No financial contributionis asked for. More info can be found at CEO Action’sfrequently-asked-questions page here.

This certainly isn’t the first time Grainger has made
a concerted effort in the area of diversity and equality.
The MRO products giant earned a perfect 100 score
on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2017
Corporate Equality Index for a third straight year and
the designation for “Best Place to Work for LGBT
Equality”.